Paul Jacquier

Paul Jacquier (26 March 1879 – 3 March 1961) was a French senator.

On 10 July 1940, he voted as a Senator in favour of granting the cabinet presided by Marshal Philippe Pétain authority to draw up a new constitution, thereby effectively ending the French Third Republic and establishing Vichy France.

Positions

 * MP of Haute-Savoie from 1909 to 1919 and from 1924 to 1935
 * Senator of Haute-Savoie from 1935 to 1940
 * Undersecretary of State for Fine Arts on Dec. 9 1913 to 9 June 1914 in the government of Gaston Doumergue
 * Undersecretary of State for the Interior on June 14, 1914, to October 29, 1915, in the governments of René Viviani and René Viviani
 * Undersecretary of State for Finance of 19 to 23 July 1926 in the government of Edouard Herriot
 * Minister of Labour on November 8, 1934, at 1 June 1935 in the government of Pierre-Étienne Flandin
 * Minister of Agriculture from 1 to 7 June 1935 in the government of Fernand Bouisson